She is remembered for her seeming naïveté and for the occasional strategic indecisiveness that she and her mother Missy Payne displayed. However, she did manage to win an individual Immunity Challenge and lasted deep into the game thanks to her opportunistic style. Ultimately, however, she was the victim of a high-profile blindside executed by eventual winner Natalie Anderson.

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Name (Age): Baylor Wilson (20)Tribe Designation:CoyopaRelationship to Significant Castaway:Missy's daughterCurrent Residence: Nashville, TNOccupation: Student at Belmont UniversityPersonal Claim to Fame: I am most proud of winning the Cheerleading World Championship in 2009 in Orlando, FL with my competitive cheerleading team.Pet Peeves: My biggest pet peeve is someone who has no passion or desire or goals. Another is probably slow drivers.Three Words to Describe You: Entertaining, determined and passionate.Reason for Being on "Survivor": I want to compete with myself, first and foremost to be an all-around better me.Why You Think You'll Survive "Survivor": I am athletic, strong-willed and competitive.Why You Think You Will Be the Sole "Survivor": I believe that I am secure and confident enough in myself to not let others' attitudes, comments, or situations affect me.What Does It Mean to You to Play "Survivor" with Your Loved One? It means more than anyone will ever be able to understand or grasp. The level of commitment and love my mom and I have before going into this journey is already ridiculously high, so knowing we will have each other through this game of "Survivor," I believe our bond and trust can never be broken. Even if we're starving, miserable, and literally fighting to survive.[3]

Survivor: San Juan del Sur

Baylor Wilson competed on Survivor: San Juan del Sur with her mother, Missy Payne. When it was time to separate into tribes, Baylor received an orange buff and was placed on Coyopa. At the first Immunity Challenge, Hunahpu won because of Coyopa struggling with the puzzle. After the challenge, Nadiya Anderson gathered the women in order to vote out Dale because of his age being a challenge liability. Baylor was aligned with Josh Canfield and decided to vote with him. Josh's alliance targeted Nadiya due to her past on The Amazing Race. Baylor voted against Nadiya and the former The Amazing Race contestant was the first person to be voted out of the season in a 5-3-1 with Baylor getting the one vote.

On the way back to Camp, Josh revealed to her that he voted against her. Josh said it was to conceal their alliance. Baylor wondered what was the Method to This Madness and wondered if she could trust him. At the next Immunity Challenge, Baylor faced off against her mom. After the hesitations wore off, Baylor won her match against her mom. However, the challenge was lost and Coyopa was sent back to Tribal Council. Baylor was unknowingly a secondary target of a split vote because of Val Collins claiming to have two Hidden Immunity Idols. Val was annoyed with Baylor for flipping on the woman and intended to blindside Baylor at Tribal Council. However, Josh switched his vote to Val he believed that she and John Rocker was in an alliance. The vote was a 4-4 tied and Baylor was spared in the revote.

Baylor was very shaken by her close call at Tribal Council, opting not to rely on Josh anymore. Wes Nale won The Hero's Duel for his tribe and picked Fishing Gear for the tribe. Baylor attempted to form an alliance with Wes, Jaclyn Schultz and Alec Christy to boot John Rocker for being negative. However, John was their most athletic member and caught fish. At the Immunity Challenge, Baylor was paired with Josh but lost both rounds they competed in. Coyopa lost the immunity and Natalie Anderson starting Yelling at John because of infamous Sports Illustrated Interview when John yelled back. This is what pushed the tribe to vote out John over Baylor. After tribal, Baylor felt good that she was still in the game. A few days later, Alec and Baylor had a minor squabble over Tree Mail. Coyopa was finally able to win an Immunity Challenge. However, This was largely because of Drew Christy throwing the challenge.

On Day 10, Coyopa was feeling good about walking in first. However, At the Hero's Duel, Baylor was shocked that Drew was voted out, having assumed he was popular. Another shock came when it was announced that it was time to drop their buffs. After the tribe switch, Baylor and Missy ended up on Coyopa. Missy clashed with Dale when she was liberally cooking the carefully rationed rice. Coyopa lost the challenge very badly. Baylor and Missy appealed to Jaclyn and Jon Misch to vote out Dale and his daughter, Kelley Wentworth, pointing out the father daughter as sneaky. The young couple sided with the mother-daughter pair and split the votes as a fail safe for the idol. Kelley was voted out in a 3-2-2 vote. At the Hero's Duel, Baylor was selected to go up against Hunahpu's Reed Kelly for a Survivor Barbecue. Baylor lost the duel, getting herself exiled. Natalie Anderson volunteered to go to Exile with Baylor. During this time, Baylor shared the clue with Natalie. Coyopa was initially doing well at the Immunity Challenge. However, They lost immunity because of struggling with the puzzle. Jon informed his alliance of Dale having found an Hidden Immunity Idol and offered to give it to him if he wasn't voted out. The alliance decided to once again do a split vote. Dale was voted out in a 3-2-1 vote.

After Tribal Council, Missy and Baylor explained to Keith Nale why they voted against him. Keith was still upset with the women and he was going to flip to his son Wes. The tribe gotten Tree Mail that heavily implied the merge. This was confirmed later on and the brand new tribe, Huyopa, celebrated with a feast. Baylor and Missy sided with Natalie and her ally, Jeremy Collins. Julie McGee thrown a wrench in everyone's plans after announcing she was quitting the game. At the next Reward Challenge, Baylor was teamed with Alec, Jaclyn, Jon, and Josh but lost. Josh attempted to get Baylor on his side, pointing out that he saved her. However, this turned off Baylor, who likened it to Blackmail. Baylor and Jaclyn also grew annoyed with Alec and Wes' lack of gentlemen like behavior. After the Immunity Challenge, Baylor became Josh's new target to be voted out. However, Baylor was spared elimination because of Jaclyn convincing Jon to vote out Josh instead.

At the next Reward Challenge, Baylor was once again on the winning team. At the Immunity Challenge, Baylor managed to edge out Reed for the win. Baylor was shocked and impressed when she learned from Reed that Keith had the idol. Jon convinced Baylor and Missy to turn on Jeremy and the 36 year old firefighter was voted out of the game in 5-3-2 vote. The other members of the Fab Five explained to Natalie on why Jeremy was blindsided. At the Reward Challenge, The team of Baylor, Missy, Natalie, and Wes lost the challenge. Wes was exiled and Reed gave up his reward to Missy. While at Camp, Natalie said she and Baylor would get water while the men look the fish net. However, this was a ploy by Natalie so they can look for the Hidden Immunity Idol. The women was very excited when Natalie found the idol. At the Immunity Challenge, Both Baylor and Jaclyn dropped out for Cookies and Milk. Reed would outlast Natalie to win immunity. With the presumed biggest threat immune, The Fab Five decided to have a Split Vote between Keith and Wes. However, Reed anticipated this and used the opportunity to blindside Jon. However, this was foiled as Jon and Keith both used their idols. This sent Wes packing as he was only one with votes

At the next Immunity Challenge, The Fab Five was quick to knock out the minority alliance members. However, then when the remaining castaways started talking about who to knock out, Jeff offered to end the challenge and declare a winner. The others allowed Missy to win and Jon volunteered to go to exile. Missy picked Baylor and Natalie to join her. Jaclyn was upset because she was chosen to go. When Reed said that his alliance liked her, Baylor responded saying he like everyone. Reed then said he was people person and called Baylor a brat. Missy started to yell at Reed for his comment. The women enjoyed Horseback riding in the Nicaragua countryside, but was worried about Jaclyn flipping. At the Immunity Challenge, Keith won and Reed gotten unanimously voted out. At the next Reward Challenge, Baylor was the 3rd person to drop out. Natalie would win reward and picked Jaclyn and Jon to join her in the breakfast in bed reward. Because of the reward being in the camp, Baylor, Missy, and Keith did chores to avoid watching the reward. Natalie came to Baylor and revealed her plan to blindside Jon, but told Baylor to not tell Missy. Baylor was uncomfortable about not telling her mom about the plan to vote out Jon but didn't want him to hurt her mom like her ex-husbands did. However, Jon won immunity. Jon wanted to have an Split vote between Keith and Alec, with Keith getting the boot. Natalie told Baylor that she was going to vote out Alec. Although Baylor did like Alec despite the antagonism between, She voted against him and Alec left in a 4-3 vote.

After Tribal Council, Baylor was giggling when Natalie said that she voted for Alec by mistake. Natalie still wanted Jon gone. At the Reward Challenge, Baylor was teamed with Jaclyn and Natalie but lost. During the challenge, Missy hurt her ankle. The medical team declared her fit to continue the competition and Missy chose to stay. Jon gave up his reward to Baylor as a way to secure loyalty to his alliance. Natalie won immunity over Jon and pleaded with Baylor to vote against Jaclyn as a failsafe in case of Jon playing his idol. Baylor pleaded with her mom to vote Jaclyn under the premise that needed to make a move. Despite Missy's hestiancy, the vote went as planned as it was a 2-2-2 tie. Jon was voted out in the revote. The women all decided to turn on Keith. However, he won the final five Immunity Challenge. At Tribal Council, Baylor voted against Jaclyn. Natalie decided to play her idol, apparently on herself. However Natalie asked Jaclyn if written the name that she was told too. Jaclyn nodded and Natalie used the idol on Jaclyn. The first three votes was voided as they was against Jaclyn. The remaining two was against Baylor and she eliminated, becaming the 7th member of the jury.

At Final Tribal Council, Baylor was the only jury member to vote for her mother who finished in third place; Natalie Anderson won in a 5-2-1 vote with Jaclyn receiving two jury votes finishing in second place.

^1 In Method to This Madness, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Baylor and Val, forcing a revote. On the revote, Baylor did not receive enough votes to be eliminated.^2 In This Is Where We Build Trust, Keith used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Baylor's vote against him.^3 In Let's Make A Move, the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Jaclyn, Jon, and Keith, forcing a revote. Baylor voted for Jon on the revote.^4 In This Is My Time, Natalie used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Jaclyn, negating Baylor's vote against her.